Harvard Classics, Vol. 36, Part 1

The Prince

Niccolo Machiavelli

Machiavelli applies the analytic tools of science to politics to determine the best way to rule effectively.

Bibliographic Record

Contents

TRANSLATED BY N.H. THOMSON

NEW YORK: P.F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, 1909–14
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2001

Introductory Note    Dedication   

1. Of the Various Kinds of Princedom, and of the Ways in Which They Are Acquired
2. Of Hereditary Princedoms
3. Of Mixed Princedoms
4. Why the Kingdom of Darius, Conquered by Alexander, Did Not, on Alexander’s Death, Rebel Against His Successors
5. How Cities or Provinces Which before Their Acquisition Have Lived under Their Own Laws Are to Be Governed
6. Of New Princedoms Which a Prince Acquires with His Own Arms and by Merit
7. Of New Princedoms Acquired by the Aid of Others and by Good Fortune
8. Of Those Who by Their Crimes Come to Be Princes
9. Of the Civil Princedom
10. How the Strength of All Princedoms Should Be Measured
11. Of Ecclesiastical Princedoms
12. How Many Different Kinds of Soldiers There Are, and of Mercenaries
13. Of Auxiliary, Mixed, and National Arms
14. Of the Duty of a Prince in Respect of Military Affairs
15. Of the Qualities in Respect of Which Men, and Most of all Princes, Are Praised or Blamed
16. Of Liberality and Miserliness
17. Of Cruelty and Clemency, and Whether it Is Better to Be Loved or Feared
18. How Princes Should Keep Faith
19. That a Prince Should Seek to Escape Contempt and Hatred
20. Whether Fortresses, and Certain Other Expedients to Which Princes Often Have Recourse, Are Profitable or Hurtful
21. How a Prince Should Bear Himself So As to Acquire Reputation
22. Of the Secretaries of Princes
23. That Flatterers Should Be Shunned
24. Why the Princes of Italy Have Lost Their States
25. What Fortune Can Effect in Human Affairs, and How She May Be Withstood
26. An Exhortation to Liberate Italy from the Barbarians